Business

A new commissioner of Police has been posted to the Eastern Ports command of the Nigeria Police Force. He is Yunusa Edwin Ogwuche, who until his appointment was the commissioner of Police in charge of Forces Border Patrols at the Forces headquarters Abuja. He took over from Alex Opara who …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa  Activities of suspected crude oil thieves have set fire at the Agip oil pipeline at Ubeta in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers. The field is operated by the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) a subsidiary of Italian Energy firm, Eni. Ubeta is a border …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Weights and Measures department, federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment has commenced inspection of filling stations in Bayelsa State. The exercise, aimed at checking the exploitation of the public, is part of efforts to correct irregularities in quantity of products sold to customers. The …

By Joel Anekwe The Dockworkers branch of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) at the Rivers Port, Tuesday staged a peacefully protest in Port Harcourt calling on the Federal Government to wade into the crisis rocking the industrial relations between the Nigeria Ports Authority and one of the terminal …

By Joel Anekwe The actualisation of the Train 7 of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) has become more real with the issuance, Wednesday of a letter of intent for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract of the project to SCD JV Consortium by the liquefied gas company.  This …

Bolt the leading on-demand transportation platform in Africa, last Friday, launched its operations in Port Harcourt promising to focus on making urban travel easier, quicker and more reliable. The new Port Harcourt operation brings to the total of Bolt’s cities in Nigeria to 8, with the service already well-established in …

28 professionals in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, were last Friday inducted as members of the Chartered Institute of Loan & Risk Management of Nigeria (CILRM). The membership categories ranged from Honorary Fellows, Distinguished Fellows, Fellow Members, Senior Members, Full Members, Associate Members and Graduate Members. President/Chairman of the …

… As Bello Plans Truck Transit Park in Rivers The chief executive officers of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) and the Oil & Gas Free Zone Authority of Nigeria (OGFZAN), Onne have agreed to work together to up-scale activities in the maritime and the oil & gas sectors as a …

Leader of the organized private sector in Rivers State, Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce (PHCCIMA) has thrown its weight behind the Niger Delta Youth Employment Pathways (NDYEP) project, initiated by the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND). PHCCIMA President, Chief Nabil Saleh made this known when PIND’s …

Participants at the Palm Oil Stakeholders Forum in Port Harcourt have been enjoined to rediscover opportunities inherent in the industry to boost Nigeria’s economy. The call was made by Chief Nabil Saleh, president of the Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, at the forum organized by PHCCIMA in collaboration with major …